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No One Writes to the Colonel: and Other Stories (Perennial Classics)
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Product Description
Written with compassionate realism and wit, the stories in this mesmerizing collection depict the disparities of town and village life in South America, of the frightfully poor and outrageously rich, of memories and illusions, and of lost opportunities and present joys.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #504201 in Books
- Published on: 2005-02-01
- Released on: 2005-02-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 192 pages
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About the Author
Gabriel GarcÍa MÁrquez was born in Colombia in 1927. His many books include The Autumn of the Patriarch; No One Writes to the Colonel; Love in the Time of Cholera; a memoir, Living to Tell the Tale; and, most recently, a novel, Memories of My Melancholy Whores. Gabriel GarcÍa MÁrquez was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982.
Customer Reviews
Another great short story
As usual, Garcia Marquez delivers. Serious social commentary - all of us know about folks who serve their country in wars, to live in poverty and neglect when they return home - but great story!
Colonel
An excellent translation of Garcia Marques's short stories.
The work is exact word by word. Wish they publish the original in Spanish as well. As a student of Spanish literary, this work is a great help.
NO ONE WRITES TO THE COLONEL
If you are not much into magical realism (i.e., your find One Hundred Years of Solitude or The Autumn of the Patriarch to be written in a heavy-handed style), this story of an old colonel, who waits for his pension, knowing in his heart that he will never get it, is a good introduction to Garcia Marquez. Many, regardless of how old they are, what their background is and where they are coming from can relate to the colonel. Two subtle things that are sort of in the middle of the book and may be overlooked are: the newspaper writing about Suez Canal and a sign in a tailor's shop forbidding the discussion of politics. These two clearly allude to a tough censorship that lets through its filter only what is either taking place far away or what is not government-related.
